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TO ALLvWHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

.BERIAH DOUWGLAS, `OF APP-LETON, WISCONSIN.

Leners Patent No. 75,876, dazed March 24, 186s.V

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Be it known that LVBERIAHDOUGLAaYof Appleton, in the eounty of Outagamie, in the State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and improved Mode of Making Rail-Cars and Rails for Independent Riding; and I do hereby declare that the folllowingis a full and exact description thereof. reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. v

My rail-ear improvement is in placing the axles in and through the box or body, so that the bearings are in the side-boards, and, the car-oor is down near the rails, just right for easy steppingin and out, andthe handsupports for-running thecar are much shortei` and better than they could be without this arrangement.

My improvement of car-rails for hone use .is in turning their ends circular upwards, so as to stop the running car easily, and return itmost speedily, and make pleasant variations-for the riders. i And smallblocks are fastened to the outside of each rail, and bored in their centres to hold uprighthand-supports for the riders to run the car by. And nice ropes or rods, tied to and between the hand-supports, are also useful means for running the car fast and easily. The hand-supports can Abe removed when-nepessary. 4

I claim the invention of placing the axles of' this hand-running car within'and .through the box or body, so

as to drop the floor down very near tol-the rails, for the reasons above specified.` 4 l And I claim the invention of turning up the ends of car-rails, essentially in the manner and for the'purposes mentioned. Y

` And I claim the invention of the hand-supports, and ropes or rods as combined with the rails, essentially and as the best means for runnngthe ear by the hands of the riders for pleasant and healthful exercise.

BERIAH DOUGLAS.

Witnesses:

GEO. I-I. MYERS, B. A.. MYERS. 

